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about the environment -- do something about the environment we have to seek solutions that are broad based, acceptable, and work to gain the public will and the public support to put them in place. that is what lead us here today. with the understanding of the strength and our natural resources gale and i were able to come together with a perspective of the department of interior and the department of united states department of agricultural. the agency departments that are responsible for the overseeing of the development and the use and the strong capacity of the beautiful foundations in our country. the conservation leadership council has been hard at work to develop conservative input to public policy. we have been having conversations about voluntary marketplace and incentivized program that can actually make a difference. we seek your conversation today on those issues. as we have put the council together and worked over this last year, it really has become an issue as your state, your community, your organization need the flexibility in finding solutions that are based on glob
about the environment -- do something about the environment we have to seek solutions that are broad based, acceptable, and work to gain the public will and the public support to put them in place. that is what lead us here today. with the understanding of the strength and our natural resources gale and i were able to come together with a perspective of the department of interior and the department of united states department of agricultural. the agency departments that are responsible for the...
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and that's my concern for the environment that we have. and, again, i think it crosses both sides of the aisle. the environment we have now, brookings can come up with some really good solutions. i have confidence in that. i don't have confidence that they'll be received in a way that makes them effective. >> okay. bobby, your ideas on improving government performance. like, if we made you czar for a week, what changes would you make? >> well, first, i'd like to private industry because i really do think the performance-based cultures that we talked about are critical. and there's just so much inefficiency in government. i do think there's examples at the state level, and i'll go to my state in michigan and mention a few. things that can be done. grand rapids, there which is a n the west side of michigan in southeastern michigan, had created a virtual city. even though we're on opposite sides of the state, they actually collaborate on services like health care pooling, and grand rapids has also done the same thing with flint and lansing to
and that's my concern for the environment that we have. and, again, i think it crosses both sides of the aisle. the environment we have now, brookings can come up with some really good solutions. i have confidence in that. i don't have confidence that they'll be received in a way that makes them effective. >> okay. bobby, your ideas on improving government performance. like, if we made you czar for a week, what changes would you make? >> well, first, i'd like to private industry...
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it is a win for the environment while it saves taxpayers money. that is not one of her specific puzzles, but it's the kind of idea and fresh thinking we welcome. one of our papers announced today directly addresses local and state government problems. many parks are operated by governments facing cutbacks or even shutdowns. there are experiences with contracting out management of park activities and our authors have traced that experience and have really put together some practical proposals for local governments and state governments that might be looking at those kinds of things. our proposals explore ways working within the regulatory system to allow economic activity by meeting environmental goals and less cumbersome ways to know if you're one of those proposed as later this morning. other saints that receive government funding, the more encouragingly, better environmental resource to cooperative committee. i want to thank you all for participating and i look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas today. [applause] >> thank you, secretary
it is a win for the environment while it saves taxpayers money. that is not one of her specific puzzles, but it's the kind of idea and fresh thinking we welcome. one of our papers announced today directly addresses local and state government problems. many parks are operated by governments facing cutbacks or even shutdowns. there are experiences with contracting out management of park activities and our authors have traced that experience and have really put together some practical proposals...
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either because they came from that environment or because some folks use television as something to unwind with and so they didn't particularly care to spend their time in that world in that way. however, many folks felt as though the story was told truthfully and clearly and without apology. that is what we have been told. i am talking about folks in law enforcement. i am talking about judges and attorneys. also politicians, as well as folks whose lives were depicted by some of the street characters. they felt that someone was fighting for them and gay-rights c-span: we saw you when you testified in baltimore, i believe it was at the attorney general's task force, let's watch this clip and kept up with your story. >> i remember lying in bed as i heard an argument growing and my parents bedroom. only to remember the deafening sound of my mother's jaw being crushed. i remember her head on the kitchen chopping block and my father holding a knife to her throat and my mother asking to be put out of her misery. our member asking my father to stop and not make mommy cried. i was two years old. t
either because they came from that environment or because some folks use television as something to unwind with and so they didn't particularly care to spend their time in that world in that way. however, many folks felt as though the story was told truthfully and clearly and without apology. that is what we have been told. i am talking about folks in law enforcement. i am talking about judges and attorneys. also politicians, as well as folks whose lives were depicted by some of the street...
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host koza what do we do to sort of create the environment now that promotes compromise? is it possible -- is it just something that happens when a nation is creative and not any nation as continued? >> guest: there have been a lot of times in history. i think the constitution is a very good -- i call it in the book an engine of compromise that propels us towards compromise and one of the ways it does it is it is used to shut the whole thing down, but it's for any government a couple of people in congress can do it, a few people on the supreme court can do it. it's much easier to keep things from happening than to let things happen. what drives compromise is the need to do something, the need to move forward to get we are always going to have a lot of political theater, and i love that. i come at this with an anguish major with a background in theater. i love the theatrical elements of our politics. i think it's fascinating. it's a dramatic, its common and tragic. it's just a wonderful bit of literature. in the and the founding generation had a country to create. they wer
host koza what do we do to sort of create the environment now that promotes compromise? is it possible -- is it just something that happens when a nation is creative and not any nation as continued? >> guest: there have been a lot of times in history. i think the constitution is a very good -- i call it in the book an engine of compromise that propels us towards compromise and one of the ways it does it is it is used to shut the whole thing down, but it's for any government a couple of...
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. >> host: what do we do to create the sort of environment now that promotes compromise? is it just something that happens when a nation is created, not when a nation is continued? >> guest: i think there have been a lot of times in our history, i think the constitution is a good dish call it in the book an engine of compromise. it propels us towards compromise, and one way is by making it easy to shut the whole thing down. it takes very little to bring government to a grinding halt. a couple of people in congress can do it. a president can do it. a few people on the supreme court can do it. it's much easier to keep things from happening than to make things happen, and what drives compromise is the need to do something. the need to move fur. i think that we have -- we always going to have a lot of political theater, and i love that. political -- i was an english major with a background in theater, and so i love the theatrical element of our politics. i think it's fascinating. i think it's dramatic, comic, tragic, a wonderful bit of literature. >> host: in the end, the fou
. >> host: what do we do to create the sort of environment now that promotes compromise? is it just something that happens when a nation is created, not when a nation is continued? >> guest: i think there have been a lot of times in our history, i think the constitution is a good dish call it in the book an engine of compromise. it propels us towards compromise, and one way is by making it easy to shut the whole thing down. it takes very little to bring government to a grinding...
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what is the geopolitical environment? >> unfortunately there is a shift that bob hale used? basically a large and certainly that looks like a good prediction in august 2001 so that is a very dangerous thing for it does seem we need to strengthen the maritime capability not to contain china but the goal is to sustain that it has not been pacific the had a huge interest to keep it that way. and as silly as it may seem the both are bad choices. but to raise a different question with prediction i believe it was the case when cheney went with confirmation hearings i'm not nominated in this secretary of defense but joking aside if we think capability is not needed in the near term cut to talk about readiness that is important and in this constrained environment to focus feet expense of further and if i have my bias i would lean toward the long term. >> to areas to mention one specific modernization of weaponry we do need a reliable nuclear force that is that parity with russia but we don't need to modernize all three lakes they need to be refurbished and stay reliable and safe but
what is the geopolitical environment? >> unfortunately there is a shift that bob hale used? basically a large and certainly that looks like a good prediction in august 2001 so that is a very dangerous thing for it does seem we need to strengthen the maritime capability not to contain china but the goal is to sustain that it has not been pacific the had a huge interest to keep it that way. and as silly as it may seem the both are bad choices. but to raise a different question with...
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you can look at the social-legal environment involved without bringing children to daycare and handgun purchases, and who purchases handguns. you can can also look at what is called the vehicle that is involved, which is the physical on object. when people talk about trying to prevent some of these things, you'll hear different suggestions depending upon who the person talking is, and one of the suggestions, i'm sorry these slides weren't supposed to be here. i got the wrong slide. one of the suggestions that comes from the national rifle association is that rather than trying to do something with the gun, the vehicle itself, rather than trying to make the gun child proof in some way, instead we can make our children -- that's their terminology. it's not our terminology. and a way to make the children bulletproof is by the age old respect process of teaching people, teaching them how to be careful. in this case, teaching young children so the eddie eagle gun safe program at the national rifle association developed many years ago and has been implementing in schools throughout the count
you can look at the social-legal environment involved without bringing children to daycare and handgun purchases, and who purchases handguns. you can can also look at what is called the vehicle that is involved, which is the physical on object. when people talk about trying to prevent some of these things, you'll hear different suggestions depending upon who the person talking is, and one of the suggestions, i'm sorry these slides weren't supposed to be here. i got the wrong slide. one of the...
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we need to think about what the work environment looks like for families is in the country, and that will help equal a lot of this out. >> host: a story in psychology today about women running for an office. one analysis from the 2006 american -- researched found when it came to selecting a candidate for president, gender matters more for women than men, and women are more likely to vote for a candidate because she is female and are also more likely to dismiss her because of that very same reason. >> guest: it's tough. it's interesting. we did some research this postelection. there's always been a sense of women will vote for women. will, women will vote for women if they really see that woman in a way she is accomplished, viable, and has the same belief system. it's more likely, women will vote for democrats first. there's an 18-point jennifer gap in the presidential election and went for president obama. we did some research and we asked this question. i thought this was an interesting turn of really thinking about the women voters. do you think it matters? does it matter we have w
we need to think about what the work environment looks like for families is in the country, and that will help equal a lot of this out. >> host: a story in psychology today about women running for an office. one analysis from the 2006 american -- researched found when it came to selecting a candidate for president, gender matters more for women than men, and women are more likely to vote for a candidate because she is female and are also more likely to dismiss her because of that very...
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so our efforts are very important to try to create this environment is most appropriate. that is what we are doing. there are potential risks and inflation was mentioned. we have obviously used an expansionary monetary policy and we have increased the amount of reserves that banks hold with the bad. there are some people that think that that will be inflationary. personally i don't see much evidence of that. inflation, as i mentioned, has been quite low. expectations remain anchored. private sector forecasters do not seek any inflation coming up, and in particular, we have, i believe, with all the tools that we need to undo our monetary policy stimulus and to take that away for inflation becomes a problem. so i do not believe that you can inflation is going to be a result of any of us. that being said i stability -- in terms of stability, it is well maintained. the other thing worth mentioning is financial ability. this is a difficult issue. the concern has been raised by keeping interest rates very low that the federal reserve induces people to take greater risks in thei
so our efforts are very important to try to create this environment is most appropriate. that is what we are doing. there are potential risks and inflation was mentioned. we have obviously used an expansionary monetary policy and we have increased the amount of reserves that banks hold with the bad. there are some people that think that that will be inflationary. personally i don't see much evidence of that. inflation, as i mentioned, has been quite low. expectations remain anchored. private...
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>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we might see the same thing in drug enforcement. we're not going to enforce it, period, because congress will enact a law to that effect. i find that to go much beyond the ordinary exercise of administrative and executive discretion in law enforcement. its policymaking by non-enforcement, which is to my mind a very, very -- congressional statutes to the contrary, policy difficulties with that come but they're also real constitutional problems. it's sort of one more dysfunction. >> that's not the way things are supposed to work. angel, invest in fiber, in practice congress days
>> yeah, not suing each other, but in a very messy policy environment. i just want to add one thing to this, i don't know -- whether i disagree on this. you see this more and more frequently, that the administration -- because it does congress won't do anything, makes policy by official announcements of non-enforcement. so we're going to have our own de facto dream act which congress refuses to enact by administrative non-enforcement. that's very clear example of the dynamics here. we...